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  • “Blues brothers”

    12 July 2016 Opinion
    When privileged to meet and listen to the cheesemaking fraternity of the UK, I am frequently surprised by the almost consistent desire by so many to make a blue cheese type, whether as a new line or an extension of...

  • The Interview: Catherine Mead

    30 June 2016 News
    Catherine Mead of Lynher Dairies talks inspiration, simplicity and risk

  • What does Brexit mean for the food industry?

    29 June 2016 Speciality Bites
    Ok, so there is no doubt what was front of mind for New Yorkers over the past few days whilst I was at the Fancy Food Show. Brexit! Hotel receptionists, porters, potential suppliers, waiters were all asking what was happening...

  • EU Referendum

    20 June 2016 Speciality Bites
    No doubt what the big event is this week. England and Wales’ matches this week at the Euros, whilst important to some, aren’t quite going to affect our futures as much as the vote on Thursday

  • The Euros

    13 June 2016 Speciality Bites
    Matters European are everyone’s focus for the next two weeks, by which time we may be out of Europe both politically and in the football. We’ll leave aside the football this week after Saturday’s results, and concentrate on 23rd June

  • Constant Change is Here to Stay

    27 May 2016 Speciality Bites
    With the EU referendum coming up and a warehouse move this weekend at Cotswold Fayre, I have been thinking about change. We work in an industry that is all about innovation and change and those that don’t embrace change tend not...

  • FARMA Creates Job Listing Site

    23 May 2016 News
    FARMA (The National Farmers’ Retail and Markets Association) has launched a jobs listing website for its members.

  • “Cheese magic – it’s in our culture”

    17 May 2016 Cheese Talk
    We all know that cheese is magic… really. Some milk, some rennet, some starter culture, some salt and maybe sometimes some controlled mould, and hey presto you have thousands of different cheeses

  • “It’s all a matter of taste”

    17 May 2016 Opinion
    Throughout the UK there is a kaleidoscope of tastes, many of these moving inexorably over recent years

  • “The Royal Connection”

    17 May 2016 Expert Eye
    I am writing this article on April 21st – H.M. the Queen’s 90th Birthday – and very many happy returns are in order. This is not, of course, Her Majesty’s official birthday, which falls on June 12th, but the actual day on...
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